2 Kings 14:3:52 Kgs.14.3.W5TAB
רַ֕ק
rak
“only”
- Transliteration
- RAK
- Extended
- RAHK
- IPA
- /ˈraq/
Meaning by language
- English
- only
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
RAK
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NEI ye-ho-VAH RAK LO ke-da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NEI ye-ho-VAH RAK LO ke-da-VID a-VIV ke-KHOL a-SHER-a-SA yo-ASH a-VIV A-SA
Exegesis
The adversative raq lōʾ {רַק לֹא | raq lōʾ} “yet not” sets up a comparison with ke-dawid {כְּדָוִד | kə-dā-wîḏ} “like David,” referencing him as a royal forebear.
In context — 2 Kings 14:3
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD , yet not like David his ancestor; he acted in line with all that his father Joash had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 14:3, so the Hebrew word רַ֕ק (rak) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.14.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.3.W5.S1) and character.